Error: [email protected]: unknown version :mountain_lion

Referring to the tutorial, the following steps are executed to install [email protected] brew update cd $( brew –prefix )/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core # below is the last commit containing [email protected] with homebrew git checkout 9ba3d6ef8891e5c15dbdc9333f857b13711d4e97 Formula/[email protected] # here is where the error occurs brew install [email protected] Solution turns out line 25 of [email protected] formula file checked out in … Read more

How do you specify a version using brew cask?

For recent versions of Homebrew, Jethro’ instructions below may not work work, because we will get an error like: Invalid usage: Non-checksummed download of <FORMULA_NAME> formula file from an arbitrary URL is unsupported. I found a workaround: Go to the Homebrew Cask search page: https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/ Type and find the application you are looking for Click … Read more

How can I run two isolated installations of Homebrew?

Install Homebrew natively on Apple Silicon (will install to /opt/homebrew by default): /bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)” Install Intel-emulated Homebrew (will install to /usr/local by default): arch –x86_64 /bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)” If you haven’t yet installed Rosetta 2, you’ll need to run softwareupdate –install-rosetta first. Create an alias for Intel homebrew. I’m calling … Read more

How to install older versions using Homebrew

Usually, you can check if multiple versions are available and you can specify the version with @. e.g. brew install [email protected] $ brew info memcached memcached: stable 1.4.24 High performance, distributed memory object caching system https://memcached.org/ Conflicts with: mysql-cluster (because both install `bin/memcached`) Not installed From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/memcached.rb … If is not available the version you … Read more